Friday, November 30, 2012

Palestinians win implicit U.N. recognition of sovereign state

“The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday
overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian
state after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to
issue its long overdue "birth certificate."

There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions.
Three countries did not take part in the vote to upgrade the Palestinian
Authority's observer status at the United Nations to "non-member
state" from "entity."”